1. Regional Improvement Planning Workshop
October 24, 2017

2. Agenda •Welcome & Introductions
•Previous Year’s Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan Progress
•Identify Strengths & Areas of Improvement
•Identify Upcoming Training & Exercises
Training Wishlist
Position Specific Training

3. IPW & TEPW Process

4. Keep in mind…for this discussion
Trainings & exercises must assist the Houston Urban Area in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
Be regional (minimum of two counties, or in lieu of one county, the exercise must have state or federal integration) or multi-regional (involves at least two Houston UASI jurisdictions as well as non-Houston UASI jurisdiction(s)).

5. Regional MYTEP 2016-2017 Progress: Completed Trainings & Exercises
See handouts
Missing real-world events

6. Overview
Identify strengths. Identify strengths from the past year’s real-world events and exercises.
Identify areas for improvement. Develop areas for improvement from the past year’s real-world events and exercises, the progress the jurisdiction or agency has made against last year’s priorities, the homeland security strategy briefs, and the jurisdiction or agency’s capability/threat/needs assessment.
Identify target capabilities. Associate target capabilities with the areas for improvement.
Prioritize target capabilities. Prioritize the primary target capabilities.

7. Regional Strengths
Exercises -Hurricane Charlie Real-World -Hurricane Harvey

8. Regional Areas of Improvement
Exercises -Hurricane Charlie Real-World -Hurricane Harvey

9. Program Goals/Target Capabilities
Overarching (Common) Goals
Goal 1: Coordinated Planning
Prevention Goals
Goal 2: Coordinated Intelligence & Enhanced Detection
Protection Goals
Goal 3: Managed Risk & Protection Critical Infrastructure & Key Resources
Mitigation Goals
Goal 4: Enhanced Community Preparedness
Response Goals
Goal 5: Interoperable Communication
Goal 6: Public Health & Medical Services
Goal 7: Fatality Management Services
Goal 8: Enhanced Law Enforcement Response Capacity
Goal 9: Enhanced Fire Response Capacity
Goal 10: Enhanced EOC Management & Coordination

10. Training & Exercise Priorities
Continue to train and exercise on existing UASI funded equipment and technology.
Reduce the long term vulnerability of the Houston Urban Area by filling identified and documented gaps with training and exercise.
Improve the capabilities of the region through advance ICS courses and the continuation of existing and ongoing trainings within the region.
Conduct a multi-year training and exercise workshop and improvement planning workshop on an annual basis.
Validate existing regional plans and procedures through training and exercise.

11. Upcoming Trainings/Exercises
October 2017
OEC All-Hazards Communications Technician (COMT) (10/2-10/6)
Training G5
Houston UASI
M. Manville
G-300 Intermediate Incident Command System (10/10-10/12)
G1, G10
City of Houston OEM
L-956 NIMS ICS All Hazards Liaison Officer (LOFR) Course (10/10-10/11)
Hotzone Conference (10/19-10/22)
Event
G8, G9
Wildfire TTX (Rescheduled)
Exercise G9
MOPSHS
T. Rose
Active Shooter Drill
Drill G1
City of Missouri City
J. Ponce de Leon
Regional Healthcare Preparedness Symposium G6
SETRAC
L. Upton
Family Interview Exercise G7
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
A. Woody

12. Upcoming Trainings/Exercises
November 2017
UTMB Hydrogen Fluoride Symposium (11/2)
Conference G6
UTMB
M. Mastrangelo/A. Belcher
Effective Media Communications (11/6)
Training G1
Fort Bend County OEM
C. Egan
L-973 NIMS ICS All-Hazards Finance/Administration Section Chief (FSC) Course (11/6-11/8)
G1, G10
Houston UASI
M. Manville
Public/Private Analysis Training G2
Houston Regional Intelligence Service Center
C. Page
Analytical Training for Analysts (Discovery and Analysis)
BioWatch Functional Exercise
Exercise
City of Houston Health Department
Special Response Group Refresher Course G8
Houston Police Department

13. Upcoming Trainings/Exercises
December 2017
MGT-341 Disaster Preparedness for Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations Within the Community Infrastructure (12/5-12/6)
Training
Galveston County OEM
M. Lambert
G-400 Advanced Incident Command System (12/7-12/8)
G1, G10
City of Houston OEM
A. Portman
Houston Marathon Public Safety TTX
TTX
G1, G8, G9
C. Perkins
Special Response Group Basic Course G8
Houston Police Department

14. Hot Topics: Recovery & Situational Awareness
Training Wants
AWR-146 All-Hazards Community Partnership Training
G-557 Rapid Needs Assessment
AWR-231 Critical Thinking and Analytical Methods
G-775 EOC Management & Operations
Critical Infrastructure
Intelligence and Information Sharing
CTOS/Rad-Nuclear
L-143 Advanced Situation Awareness & Common Operating Picture
G-205 Recovery from Disaster
L-948 Situation Awareness & Common Operating Picture
G-235 Advanced Emergency Planning
L-964 Situation Unit Leader (SITL) Course
G-270 Recovery from Disaster
R-335 Administration of Public Assistance for Community Recovery
G-272 Warning Coordination
Recovery Training
G-318 Local Mitigation Planning Workshop
Training for Planners
G-358 Evac and Reentry Planning
G-386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response
Hot Topics: Recovery & Situational Awareness

15. Position Specific Training
See Handout

16. Requested Exercises

17. Regional Training & Exercise Workshop
November 7, 2017
10am-12pm
Montgomery County OHSEM
During this workshop we will:
Update the Regional Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan
Discuss future training and exercises

18. Things to Send:
Name, dates, capabilities tested, improvements and strengths of regional exercises participated in from September 2016 to present
Name, dates, of trainings hosted September 2016 to present

19. Melanie Manville melanie.manville@houstontx.gov 713-884-446
Send All the Things To:
Melanie Manville